Name: Air fryer crispy chilli beef
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 250g thin-cut minute steak, thinly sliced into strips -; 2 tbsp cornflour -; 2 tbsp vegetable oil, plus a drizzle -; 2 garlic cloves, crushed -; thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and cut into matchsticks -; 1 red chilli, thinly sliced -; 1 red pepper, cut into chunks -; 4 spring onions, sliced, green and white parts separated -; 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar -; 1 tbsp soy sauce -; 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce -; 2 tbsp tomato ketchup -; ½ tsp Chinese five-spice powder -; 2 tsp soy sauce -; 1 tsp sesame oil -; 1 tsp caster sugar -

Ingredients for - Air fryer crispy chilli beef

1. 250g thin-cut minute steak, thinly sliced into strips

2. 2 tbsp cornflour

3. 2 tbsp vegetable oil, plus a drizzle

4. 2 garlic cloves, crushed

5. thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and cut into matchsticks

6. 1 red chilli, thinly sliced

7. 1 red pepper, cut into chunks

8. 4 spring onions, sliced, green and white parts separated

9. 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar

10. 1 tbsp soy sauce

11. 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

12. 2 tbsp tomato ketchup

13. ½ tsp Chinese five-spice powder

14. 2 tsp soy sauce

15. 1 tsp sesame oil

16. 1 tsp caster sugar

How to cook deliciously - Air fryer crispy chilli beef

1 . Stage

First, combine the marinade ingredients in a bowl. Add the steak strips and toss to coat. Leave in the fridge for up to 24 hrs if you can, or carry on to step 2.

2 . Stage

Sprinkle the cornflour over the steak and mix until each piece is coated in a floury paste. Pull the strips apart and arrange over a plate. Drizzle each piece of steak with a little oil. Heat the air fryer to 220C if it has a preheat setting.

3 . Stage

Carefully put the beef on the cooking rack in the air fryer, cook for 6 mins, then turn and cook for another 4-6 mins until crispy.

4 . Stage

Meanwhile, heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil in a wok over a high heat and stir-fry the garlic, ginger, chilli, pepper and white ends of the spring onions for 2-3 mins until the pepper softens. Be careful not to burn the ginger and garlic. Add the vinegar, soy, sweet chilli sauce and tomato ketchup, mix well and cook for another minute until bubbling.

5 . Stage

Tip the beef into the wok and toss through the sauce. Continue cooking for another minute until piping hot, then serve scattered with the spring onion greens and a little extra sauce on the side.